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The US active and recent fire map shows a fire at what seems to be the Y-12 site last Saturday, August 6th.



Fire map source: http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/index.php The yellow dot is the center or estimated center. Y-12 location icon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y-12_National_Security_Complex

“The Y-12 National Security Complex is a United States Department of EnergyNational Nuclear Security Administration facility located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, near the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. It was built as part of the Manhattan Projectfor the purpose of enriching uranium for the first atomic bombs. In the years after World War II, it has been operated as a manufacturing facility for nuclear weapons components and related defense purposes. Y-12 is managed and operated under contract by Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (CNS), which is composed of member companies Bechtel National, Inc., Lockheed Martin Services, Inc., ATK Launch Systems, Inc., and SOC LLC, with Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. as a teaming…